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How did you quit?

How did you quit smoking cigarettes? I would love to know! I am not sure if it's just me or what. I keep trying and it just doesn't work. It's so much a part of my every day routine not to mention huge stress helper. Tried to quit once and gained almost 30lbs. I'll be really good and quit for about a week and then something will happen and life will blow up in my face and I will go back to smoking. The longest I ever quit was for 3 months when I was pregnant with my first DD. Then I broke up with her father because of huge issues and slowly went back to smoking again. I smoke about a pack a day and have been for 11 years. I know how bad it is for me and my family, I know what my lungs look like, I know that increases my chances of dying sooner but I just can't stop. I would really love to know how some of you have managed to quit and how long you haven't smoked for.

Never smoked but MIL quit after cutting way down for years. They got so expensive she quit cold turkey after cutting down to about 1/2 pack a day. She had smoked for 45 years. FIL had a heart attack and quit cold turkey. He was a 3 pack a day smoker. It killed him among other things but his lungs were shot. He smoked for 30+ years

I started smoking when I was 10 and quit cold turkey at 20 when I was pregnant with my dd. I got sick before I knew I was pregnant and spent 4 days in the hospital where I couldn't smoke even though I really wanted to and once I was able to go home it was easy to not smoke because if I even smelled cigarette smoke I'd feel nauseated. My dd is 7 weeks old and on October 1st it'll be one year without cigarettes.

I just (finally successfully longer than 3-5 days) quit a month ago. Cold turkey with the help of all natural cinnamon gum. I don't know what it is about that gum but it did (and keeps doing) wonders. I don't crave a cig anymore... I crave the cinnamon gum. I smoked for approx 15 yrs.

For the longest time I tried to quit, But one day I was at work and had 3 cigs. i told my co-workers after my last cig I would quit... They looked at me and laughed and said yeah right.. Well I have proven them wrong. I was ready to quit and I did it cold turkey... I told myself through the whole thing the whole reason for quitting was for my kids and myself I kept assuring myself I would save so much money and if I tried to buy anything to help then that wouldn't help cause I would be spending money. You will know when your ready.. I think it helped me cold turkey and I have been cig free for 4 months now and I feel great now!!!!!

I used the smoking cessation lozenges. I was on them for WAY longer than the 12 weeks, but it was totally worth it. I smoked up to two packs a day before I quit, and I love being a non smoker! Good luck, you can do it!

My husband quit cold turkey. He said the important thing was to only quit the cigarettes, and not the habits around them. So, go outside for a break for a few minutes, if you smoked outside, just chew mint gum (not smokers gum, just regular) instead of smoking, etc.

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